Bench-dog



(No Model.)

P. COOK.

Benoh Dog.

No.. 233,986. Patented Nov. 2,1880.

UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP OOOK, OF DETROIT, MIOHIGAN.

BENCH-DOG.

SPECIFICATION forming,` part of Letters Patent No. 233,986, datedNovember 2, 1880. Application filed April 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP GOOK, of the city of Detroit, in the countyof Wayne, in the State of Michigan. have invented a new and lmprovedAdjustable Bench-Dog, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing speclfication and drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my invention with end turned up, as When holding t-hick lumberor a thin piece on its edge. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of ni yinvention holding a thin piece of lumber, with the end that secures theluinber flattened out.

My invention consists of a tool or dog, simpie in construction andreliable in operation, for the purpose of holding the back end of lumberof any width or thickness to the bench, so that the lumber will not slip.or move back while being planed.

In the drawings, Ais a nail or screw driven into the bench B, againstwhich one end of the lumber O is placed.

D is an adjustable tool or dog for firmly holding the back end ot'lumber O by first driving the spur e lightly into the lumber and thendriving the spurs f, at the other end,

into the bench, thereby rigidly securing the lumber to the bench andpreventi'ng it from slipping back or in any direction while beingplaned. These tools or dogs D are constructed of steel, iron, brass, orany other suitable material, usually in the shape shown iu annexeddrawings, but any convenient shape may be used, and are useful forcarpenters, cabinetmakers, pattern-makers, and general workers in Wood.

It will be seen in planing very thin lumber that the spur e in Fig. 1Would strike the plane. To avoid this the spur e is hainmered or pressedflat, as shown in Fig.,2-, thereby adapting the bench-dog for holdingthin or thick lumber from sli-pping while being planed.

Having thus descrbed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The adj ustahle bench-dog described, having spurs at each end, saidspurs extending at about right angles from the body of the dog,

substantially as shown.

PHILIP COOK.

Witnesses A. W. BRADFORD, GEORGE SHIERY.

